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More Quotes by Augustine of Hippo
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
The measure of love is to love without measuring.
Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen.
If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.
God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being in love which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
